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“I can’t afford a phone contract and it’s cheap to use, plus I get a really good signal where I am.

“I’m normally on it three or four times a week, usually in the evening. I don’t get out very often because of my disabilities, so it stops me getting lonely.

“There’s a bit of a community of us who use CB radios – it’s my lifeline.”

Ken says he uses the device to talk to relatives and has made friends with other CB radio-users(Image: Jon Kent)

But Ken, who moved to Bristol from his hometown Birmingham nine years ago, now faces being temporarily cut off from his family and friends after being told to remove the external aerial by social housing provider Alliance Homes.